Juan Curuchet

Personal information

Full name

Juan Esteban Curuchet

Born

February 4, 1965 (age 47)
Argentina

Height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)^[1]

Weight

75 kg (170 lb; 11.8 st)^[1]

Team information

Discipline

Track

Role

Rider

Professional team(s)

1989–1991
1992
1992–1995

Giessegi
Rudy Project
Supermercados Toledo

Medal record

UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Gold	2004 Melbourne	Madison
Silver	1995 Bogota	Madison
Silver	2001 Antwerp	Points Race
Silver	2006 Bordeaux	Madison
Bronze	1992 Valencia	Points Race
Bronze	1997 Perth	Madison
Bronze	2000 Manchester	Madison
Bronze	2001 Antwerp	Madison
Bronze	2002 Ballerup	Madison
Bronze	2002 Ballerup	Points Race
Bronze	2003 Stuttgart	Madison
Bronze	2004 Melbourne	Points Race
Summer Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Madison
Pan American Games
Gold	1999 Winnipeg	Madison
Gold	2003 Santo Domingo	Madison
Gold	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Madison
Silver	1983 Caracas	Points Race

Infobox last updated on
22 August 2008

Juan Esteban Curuchet (born February 4, 1965 in Mar del Plata) is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina.

Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.

He won the madison at the 1999 Pan American Games with his older brother, Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet. He also won the madison at the 2003 Pan American Games and 2007 Pan American Games alongside Walter Pérez.

Curuchet holds an Argentine record of participating in six non-consecutive Olympic games. He closed his Olympic career at 43 by winningn the Gold Medal at madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Palmarès

1992: 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Valencia; 2nd Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG)

1994: 1st Vuelta al Valle (ARG)

1995: 2nd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bogota; 1st Mar del Plata, Six Days (ARG) (with Gabriel Curuchet

1997: 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG); 2nd Medellin, Six Days (COL); 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Perth

1998: 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG); 1st National Time Trial Championship, Argentina (ARG); 1st UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Madison (COL) (with Gabriel Curuchet)

1999: 1st Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG) (with Gabriel Curuchet); 1st Frisco, Madison, Frisco, Texas, (USA) (with Gabriel Curuchet); 2nd UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Madison (COL); 1st UCI Track World Cup, Cali, Points race (COL)

2000: 1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG); 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester; 1st Buenos-Aires, Six Days (ARG) (with Gabriel Curuchet)

2001: 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Antwerp; 2nd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2002: 2nd Aguascalientes, Six Days (MEX); 3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships; 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships; 1st National Time Trial Championship, Santiago del Estero (ARG)

2003

3rd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

3rd Vuelta de San Juan (ARG)

2nd Stage 2, Vuelta de San Juan

1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)

3rd Stage 4 Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado

2nd Stage 5b, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado

1st Stage 5a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado

1st UCI Track World Cup, Aguascalientes, Madison (MEX) (with Walter Pérez)

2nd UCI Track World Cup, Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX)

1st Cape Town, Madison (RSA) (with Walter Pérez)

1st Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA) (with Giovanni Lombardi)

1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (with Walter Pérez)

1st Madison, National Track Championship, Cordoba (ARG) (with Walter Pérez)

2004: 1st Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships (with Walter Pérez); 3rd Points race, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Melbourne; 3rd Stage 5 Vuelta de San Juan (ARG); 1st UCI Track World Cup, Moscow, Madison (RUS) (with Walter Pérez); 3rd UCI Track World Cup, Moscow, Points race (RUS); 1st Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX); 1st Sydney, Madison (AUS) (with Walter Pérez)

2005: 1st Points race, Pan American Games, Mae del Plata; 1st Madison, Pan American Games, Mae del Plata (with Walter Pérez); 1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (with Walter Pérez); 3rd Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA); 2nd Torino, Six Days, Torino (ITA)

2006

2nd Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)

2nd Stage 6a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado

2nd Madison, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bordeaux

2007

2nd Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)

2nd Stage 6b, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado

2nd Stage 6a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado

3rd UCI Track World Cup, Manchester, Points race (GBR)

2nd Clasica 1° de Mayo Argentina (ARG)

2nd Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA)

1st Torino, Six Days (ITA) (with Walter Pérez)

2nd Apertura Mercedes (ARG)

2008: 1st Stage 1, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG); 2nd Stage 2, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG)

2009: Argentina National Time Trial Champion

References

^ ^a ^b "Athlete Biography - CURUCHET Juan Esteban". Beijing Olympics official website. http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/1/204491.shtml.
^ "Histórico: Curuchet, con 43 años y seis Juegos, se quedó con el oro en Beijing". Infobae.com. 19 August 2008. http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/398273-100884-0-Histórico:-Juan-Curuchet,-con-43-años-y-seis-Juegos,-se-quedó-con-el-oro.

External links

Juan Curuchet profile at Cycling Archives
sports-reference.com profile

Awards
Preceded by Ángel Cabrera	*Olimpia de Oro* 2008 (alongside Walter Pérez)	Succeeded by Juan Martín del Potro

Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Madison

2000: Australia (Brett Aitken, Scott McGrory) 2004: Australia (Graeme Brown, Stuart O'Grady) 2008: Argentina (Juan Curuchet, Walter Pérez)

Persondata
Name	Curuchet, Juan
Alternative names
Short description	Argentine racing cyclist
Date of birth	1965-02-04
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death